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Last published Thu, Oct 31, 2024
© an original mystery applyfic.
⠀⠀⠀Cold-blooded murder shouldn't be complicated. When young heiress Arabella Cavendish is found dead on the floor of her train compartment with an unsympathetic crowd of suspects, it should not be complicated. And yet it is. And for once, the concern for detective Alaric Wu is not how the murder was committed, but whether it was justified... a race against the clock pales in comparison to a race against the scales of morality.
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